Cuff-holder



E. .R. ROEHM.

CUFF HOLDER.

APPLICATION F-ILED 0m. 2, ISIS.

1,379,288. Patentedmm, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFEMIE.

CUFF-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24, 1921.

Application filed. October 2, 1919. Serial No. 327,913.

To all 1.072017? may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. RonHM, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne and. State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gulf- Holders of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to fasteners for garment cuffs and more particularly to that class of devices in which the cuff buttons are connected by resilient means permitting of the sleeve being pulled up on the arm the cuff spreading apart to permit of such move ment, and the object of this invention is to provide a very simple and cheap construction so arranged as to prevent the resilient connecting means between the buttons from falling out of the sleeve during use and further to provide a construction which is such that it will not interfere with the ordinary use of the cuff and will be entirely concealed thereby when in use. It is also an object of the invention to provide certain other new and useful features in the construction and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described.

lVith the above and other ends in view, the invention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device illustrating the same in operative position in connection with a cuff and sleeve, the cufi and sleeve being broken away to show the device;

Fig". 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the sleeve raised and illustrating the man ner iii which the device operates to hold the sleeve in raised position;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through a sleeve and showing the device in elevation therein, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail illustrative of the manner in which a button is secured to a spring.

In devices of this character where the cuff buttons are connected by a resilient member or mounted upon the ends of a spring". it has been found that the spring will fall downwardly out of the cuff unless some means-be provided to prevent such movement. In the present construction the resilient connecting member itself is so made as to preclude the possibility of its turnmg within the sleeve and falling out of the end of the cuff into exposed position. As shown in the drawing A indicates a cufi upon a shirt sleeve B and C indicates the forearm of the wearer. The outwardly turned side edges A of the cuff in which the button-holes are usually provided to receive the cuff buttons 1 are held in the proper position with the cuff encircling the wrist of the wearer, by a loop spring 2 which is preferably made of spring wire with the ends 3 of the wire bent outwardly and passed through openings in the shanks 4 of the buttons 1. These outturned ends 3 thus lie between the side edges A of the cuff and the wire loop which lies within the cud, holds the cuff in extended position and the edgedportions thereof in closed position. The loop 2 is preferably made of adiameter which is considerably greater than the diameter of the cuff so that when the device is in operative position as shown in Fig. 1, the loop will lie in an inclined positio-m the middle portion of the loop lying between the arm of the wearer and the shirt sleeve just above the cuff. The length of the loop 2 being greater than the distance from the button holes in the cuff to the intermediate portion of the curl at the other side thereof, prevents the loop from turning downwardly through the cuff into exposed position below the same and it is therefore unneces ary to provide any means other than the spring loop itself for holdingthe loop in concealed position within the cuff.

To securely attach the buttons 1 to the ends 3 of the loop 2, and prevent these buttons from turning upon said ends the wire is flattened, at 5, and after this end of the wire is passed through the opening in the shank of the button, the shank may be compressed slightly upon the wire to engage the flat portion or notch 5 and thus the button is securely attached to the wire and at the same time prevented from turning thereon.

By making the spring loop of a small resilient wire, a very simple and durable construction is secured which is so small and light that it will not inconvenience the wearer or be noticeable when in use. Because of this simple light construction, the device may be used upon either a stiff or soft cuff and will hold either kind of cuff distended without distorting it and the cuff or shirt sleeve will in turn hold the loop in operative position where it is entirely concealed so that it will not be noticeable that this device, when in use, is any different from the ordinary link cuff buttons.

The increased size of the loop also permits of an easy adjustment of the'sleeve up or down on the arm and the spring at all times completely or partially encircling the arm will firmly hold the sleeve in any position to which it is adjusted without inconvenience to the wearer. The enlarging of the loop prevents the turning-of the loop within the cuff whether the sleeve is in raised or lowered position and this enlarged loop also assists in the easy sliding of the sleeve upon the arm.

Obviously, the device may be changed in its details of construction within the scope of the appended claims and I do not therefore wish to limit myself to the particular form of construction shown.

l-laving thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. A device of the character described comprising means adapted to be engaged with the button holes of a cuff portion of a and a resilient loop attached at its ends to said button hole engaging means to extend inwardly therefrom in an inclined position with said loop embracing the wearers arm and supported at its intermediate portion thereby independently of said garment and cuff portion, said loop being of a length to engage the garment at the side thereof opposite said button holes upon turning movement of said loop.

2. The combination with a garment cuff having button holes, of cuff buttons to enabout the buttons, said loop being adapted to extend inwardly from said button holes in an inclined position to embrace the wearers arm and be supported thereby independently of said cuff.

3. The combination with a garment cuff having outturned side edges and opposed button holes near said edges, of cuff buttons to engage the button holes and a spring loop having outturned ends to which the buttons are attached, said loop being of a length to engage the cuff and prevent turning within the cuff through the outer open end thereof and to embrace the arm of the wearer within the garment sleeve independently of the garment.

4. A device of the character described, comprising cuff buttons having shanked portions each provided with an opening, a loop formed of spring wire with outturned ends extending through the openings in the shank, said ends being formed with notches to be engaged by the shanks, and the loop being of a length to prevent the turning thereof about the buttons when engaged with the button holes of a cud and falling outwardly through the open end of the cuff.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDlVARD R. ROEHM. Witnesses:

ANNA M. Donn, LEWIS E. FLANDERS. 

